Occupation

Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons

Human Advantage 61%

Significant human skills needed

AI Automation Risk Moderate Risk
4.4 / 10

Some tasks in this role may be augmented by AI, but human oversight and interpersonal skills remain important.

Help painters, paperhangers, plasterers, or stucco masons by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Also Known As: Billboard Poster Helper, Bridge Painter Helper, Dry Plasterer Helper, Exterior Work Helper, Highway Painter Helper, House Painter Helper, Hydroblaster, Mason's Tender +16 more

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Core Tasks

  1. Clean work areas and equipment.
  2. Perform support duties to assist painters, paperhangers, plasterers, or masons.
  3. Apply protective coverings, such as masking tape, to articles or areas that could be damaged or stained by work processes.
  4. Erect scaffolding.
  5. Fill cracks or breaks in surfaces of plaster articles or areas with putty or epoxy compounds.
  6. Supply or hold tools and materials.

Supplemental Tasks (5)

  1. Smooth surfaces of articles to be painted, using sanding and buffing tools and equipment.
  2. Mix plaster, and carry plaster to plasterers.
  3. Place articles to be stripped into stripping tanks.
  4. Remove articles such as cabinets, metal furniture, and paint containers from stripping tanks after prescribed periods of time.
  5. Pour specified amounts of chemical solutions into stripping tanks.

Education & Training

Job Zone 1 Job Zone One: Little or No Preparation Needed
Education: Some of these occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate.
Experience: Little or no previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, a person can become a waiter or waitress even if he/she has never worked before.
On-the-Job Training: Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few days to a few months of training. Usually, an experienced worker could show you how to do the job.

Education Level Distribution

Percentage of workers in this occupation with each education level.

Less than a High School Diploma
68%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
26%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)
4%
Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
1%
Some College Courses
0%

Technology & Tools

Hot Technologies

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software

Software (11)

  • A-Systems JobView
  • Apple iWork
  • Construction Software Center EasyEst
  • Cost estimating software
  • Evergreen Technology Eagle Bid Estimating
  • On Center Quick Bid
  • Sage Construction Anywhere
  • Turtle Creek Software Goldenseal
  • Word processing software

Tools & Equipment (53)

  • Adjustable wrenches
  • Airless paint guns
  • Application spatulas
  • Bosun chairs
  • Caulking guns
  • Chalk lines
  • Claw hammers
  • Darbies
  • Drywall stilts
  • Floats
  • Hand shears
  • Heat guns
  • Humidity indicators
  • Ladders
  • Locking pliers
  • Measuring tapes
  • Moisture meters
  • Nail punches
  • Notebook computers
  • Nut drivers
  • Paint application brushes
  • Paint application rollers
  • Paint spray guns
  • Paint stirrers
  • Paint strainers
  • Personal computers
  • Piston pumps
  • Plaster mixers
  • Plaster spraying machines
  • Plastering trowels
  • Plumb bobs
  • Power buffers
  • Power sanders
  • Power saws
  • Pressure rollers
  • Protective masks
  • Putty knives
  • Razor knives
  • Respirators
  • Safety glasses
  • Sandblasters
  • Scaffolding
  • Screeds
  • Seam rollers
  • Self-contained protective suits
  • Single-cut mill saw files
  • Spirit levels
  • Squeegees
  • Steam cleaning equipment
  • Straightedges
  • Swing stages
  • Utility knives
  • Wire brushes

Where This Career Leads

Career progression organized by specialty track and experience level.

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Zone 1
Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons You are here
Zone 2
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 95% match
Zone 3
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 78% match

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